Horse-grooming implement.



PATENTBD AUG. 13, 1907.

A. H. BLANGHARDQ HORSE GROOMING IMPLEMENT,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. 1906.

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. A. H. BLANOHARD. HORSE G'RQ'OMING IMPLEMENT.

APPLIQATION IILED' JUNIL25, 1906.

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UNITED STAZESZ PATENT orrron.

ADDISON H. BLAXCHARD, OF GRAXD RAPIDS, MICHIGAX.

HORSE-GROOMING IMPLEMENT.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Anmsox H. BLANCHARD. a citi the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invent- Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled J'nne.25,l906. SerialNo.323,405. I 1 a Y. :1

mitted to the case under pressure so that it will'daits the brush rim or holder B to revolve rapidly and'strong.

Patented Aug. 13,1961, I

3 and is admitted inside of the case through asmall open-- ing or jetj directly against the surface of tlie buckets C,

ed certain new and useful Improvements in Horse- Grooming Implements. of which the following is a specification.

, My invention relates to improvements in combs'and brushes for grooming horses, &c. and its objects are:

- cally on the line 3 y of Fig. 1.

several-views.

First, to provide a revolving comb and brush that will extract practically all of the dust from a horses body and will so store it that it will not impregnate the atmosphere in the-room where the horse is being groomed;

' words. will revolve so that the brushes will meet the hair and stir it up freely. and. third. to provide a revolving brush that may conveniently be made to revolve in either direction.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a bottom plan of the brush with the handle i on the rim of the brush holder. 7

The brush holder B is circular in form andsomewhat 1 smaller in diameter than the inside of the case so'that' air that is forced against the buckets may flow freely down between the edges of thebucke ts and the inner surface of the case and out: through the inner tube I.

into the chamljier formed by the upperportion of the case A and the cap M where the upper end of the tithe-I terminates in or close to the lower edge oi the deflector K so that air anddust that passes out of the'tu-lie IL col'nsecond. to provide a revolving brush and comb having i secondary brushes that revolve at right angles with the main brushes. and in the opposite direction. or. in other the deflector K as indicated by the arrows just emerging from said deflector, and the dust will, to a great ex shown in section to illustrate the position'of the infiowing air jet. and the lower plateof the rim removedto show the position of the buckets; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same practically on the line X X of Fig. 1; Fig. 3'is a bottom plan of a like machine except that the secondary brushes are left free to be made to revolve by contact with the horses body, and with the handle cut away to show the mechanism for reversing the direction of the air current to drive the brushesin either direction; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the case and brush rim practically on the line' y y of Fig. l, but with the brushes removed to show the'manner of easily inserting orremoving the brushes, Fig. 5 is a section of the case showing a flexible fabric at the bottom and Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of the case and brush rim, practi- Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the In the construction of this line of brushes the case A s so mounted on the base A that it will hold its position when placed, and still may be slid up or down to adjust the depth of, the case below the base to the length of the bristles on the brushes, as they wear away by constant use, and to insure a practically air tight. contactbetween the lower edge of the case and the surface of the horses body I sometimes place a flex b e fabric rim, as N, to

project below the edge of the rim A and adjust itself to ing in contact with the deflector 1:; will be forced out'of tent, settle into the corner of the chamber, as'at (I, while the air, taking the course of the several arrows in Fig. 2.

3 will pass through the screen L and out'of the apertures m, in the top )1, to the open air." I I In Fig. 1 I have shown the brush holder B provided with buckets C around the periphery and all incliningin one direction, and the jet j so arbitrarily placetltliat the brush holder can revolve oniy in the d irectimi of-the' arrows, shown in this figure.

mounted on the shafts h, pivoted to revolve in bearin This brush holder is see cured to revolve around the tube I with the brush es' D 1 in the plates 1) and F, and with bevel gears H securedto' nular bevel gear G and cause the brushes Dto revolve hair will be thoroughly stirred and all dust contained in or covered by the hair will be thoroughly irred and removed from the hair when it will-be taken up by the current of air that is passing from the buckets, past the brushes and out through the tube I into the storage chamber, as hereinbefore described. In this figure I have shown the parts E as brushes, but in some of these implements I use metallic combs, as indicated at E in' Figs. 3 and 6. In Fig. 3 I have shown the revoluble brushes D simply hung in the rims and so arranged that they will be made to revolve by contact with the surface it is being carried over and made to revolve with the brush holder 13. I find that this action of these brushes stirs up the dust in very satisfactory manner, but not nearly as effectually as by the arrangement shown in Fig. l. v

In Fig. 3 I have shown the handle J cut away to show the gate 1, pivoted at j, in position to be thrown over to either side of the handle to change the flow of the current of air from side to side of the handle so that the brush holder B may be made to revolve either to the right or to the left, as desired, and for this purpose I place V shaped buckets in the holder, as indicated by removed and only the brushes D used.

When using the propellinggear G H it is necessary to provide some means for easily and quickly removing or replacing the brushes D, and for this purpose I some times form a slot in the wall F, from the normal. position of theshaft h down to the edge of the wall as indicated the dotted lines in Fig. 4, so that the shaft k may be easily' inserted, and hold the shaft to place by any available means, one of the best and most'convenie'nt appliances being a ring or band F placed to the proper position on the wall F and locked to pla'ce by any available lock, as, for instance, the well known pin and open- -slot, as indicated at f.

When usingthe flexible base N upon the case A I find that the most convenient means of securingit to the I 1 case is .by the use of a hoop or nand,.as n, though many other well known devices may be used for the purposeand, consequently, I do not desire to restrict myself to this particular means for securing it to place.

It 'will be readily seen that when using the construction shown in Fig. 1 the pipe I must be firmly secured in the base A so that it will not revolve with the brush holder B, but in the constructionshown in Fig. 3 this tube must revolve with the brush holder, unless a sepa-' rate tube is placed outside it to receive the end of the,

shaft h, and I prefer to so adjust the tube I that it will revolve freely as by this means the costof. construction is greatly lessened and the operation of the machine is exactly as satisfactory. Compressed air for driving these brushes may be supplied from any ordinary compressed'air chamber and conducted through the pipe or flexible tube O,'or its equivalent. I

I prefer that the base A be made of cast iron and practically of the form shown in Fig.4, and when used with the construction shown in Fig: 1 the gear G should be made an integral part of the base, as shown in Fig. 2. In all cases the lower end of the tube 1', and the tubes and walls immediately surrounding it, must be sufficiently raised above the lower edge of the case A to insure a free flow of air and dust from the brushes to and through the tube I into the upper chamber or the machine, to insure the removal of all dust &c.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the cover M with a rim that extends well down into the chamber and can be readily removed ior the purpose of emptying the dust from the chamber, as one of the most simple means for accomplishing this object, but any other practical means maybe adopted 'for the purpose.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a horse grooming implement, a case having a storage chamber'and a brush receiving chamber, a revoluble brush within the case, buckets attached to said brush. a tube conducting air to said buckets, a tube leading from said brush to the storage chamber, and a deflectorand .s'creen within said storage chamber.

2. In a horse grooming implement. a case having a -storage chamber. a revolnble brush holder within the case.

buckets connected with the brush holder, revoluble brushes within said brush holder, an alr pipe leading to the buckets. a discharge tube from the brush holder to the.

siorage'chamber, and a deflector and screen with. in the chamber.

3. In a horse grooming implement, a cylindrical case having a storage chamber and a brush holding chamber, a brush holder. within said case, revoluble brushes in said brush holder, buckets connected with the brush holder, an]

air tube leading to said buckets to revolve the brush holder, gear wheels connected with the revoluble brushes in the brush .oldel, a geared plate connectedwith the case in position to mesh with the gear wheels to revolve the brushes, :1 tube leading from the brush holder to the 

